Adventures of Space

The launch of PSLV-C47 carrying Cartosat-3 scheduled on November 25, 2019 at 09:28 hrs is rescheduled to launch on November 27, 2019 at 09:28 hrs from Second launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota. imagesource:indianexpress.com image source:youtube.com Cartosat-3 is an advanced Indian Earth Observation satellite built and developed by ISRO, which will replace the IRS series. Cartosat-3 will address the increased user’s demands for large scale urban planning, rural resource and infrastructure development, coastal land use and land cover etc. प्रमोचक राकेट / Launch Vehicle:         PSLV-C47 / Cartosat-3 Mission उपग्रह का प्रकार / Type of Satellite:     Earth Observation निर्माता / Manufacturer:                       ISRO स्‍वामी / Owner:                                    ISRO अनुप्रयोग / Application:                       Earth Observation कक्षा का प्रकार / Orbit Type:                SSPO

Luka Parmitano of ESA( European Space Agency)captured  our beautiful planet Earth in all its natural splendor, from 250 miles above.He is currently living and working on ISS(international space station) The European Space Agency is an intergovernmental organisation of 22 member states dedicated to the exploration of space. Established in 1975 and headquartered in Paris, ESA has a worldwide staff of about 2,200 in 2018 and an annual budget of about €5.72 billion in 2019. The  International Space Station  ( ISS ) is a  space station  (habitable  artificial satellite ) in  low Earth orbit . The  ISS programme  is a joint project between five participating space agencies:  NASA  ( United States ),  Roscosmos  ( Russia ),  JAXA  ( Japan ),  ESA ( Europe ), and  CSA  ( Canada ). The ownership and use of the space station is established by intergovernmental treaties and agreements.

The Cygnus cargo craft from @NorthropGrumman lifted off on time nov 2 at 9:59am ET from @NASA_Wallops in Virginia to resupply the Exp 61 crew with over four tons of science, supplies and hardware early Monday. Antares, known during early development as Taurus II, is an expendable launch system developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation and the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau to launch the Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's COTS and CRS programs. The  Cygnus  spacecraft is a single-use American automated cargo spacecraft developed by Orbital Sciences and now built and launched by Northrop Grumman as part of  NASA 's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) developmental program. image sourcs:NASA

Team ISRO have found Argon gas at the atmosphere of moon.ISRO's CHANDRAYAAN-2 mission launches orbiter in moon's orbit. CHACE-2 payload aboard the Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter  detected argon gas in the atmosphere.It is at the altitude of approx. 100 km.It is Argon-40 in lunar exophere. (Chandrayaan-2 is India's second lunar exploration mission after Chandrayaan-1. Developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation, the mission was launched from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre on 22 July 2019 at 2.43 PM IST to the Moon by a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III.) orbiter lander pragyan rover

Here is the first ever illuminated image of the lunar surface acquired by #Chandrayaan2 ’s Imaging Infrared Spectrometer ( IIRS ) payload. IIRS is designed to measure reflected sunlight from the lunar surface in narrow and contiguous spectral channels.Please have a look-- Chandrayaan2 is one the biggest mission of team ISRO. Chandrayaan-2 is India's second lunar exploration mission after Chandrayaan-1. Developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation, the mission was launched from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre on 22 July 2019 at 2.43 PM IST to the Moon by a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III. Image source:ISRO

Mission NASAICON is sheduled to be air-launched at 9:30pm ET on 9 Oct by PEGASUS XL rocket to study the region where our weather from below meets space weather above . The mission, delayed from 2017, aims to understand how solar wind and other space weather phenomena interact with the  ionosphere , a layer of Earth's upper atmosphere that begins 62 miles (100 kilometers) up. image source:NASA

Chandrayaan2 orbiter detected charged particles and it's intensity variations during it's first passage through the *geotail. Geotail- Geotail is a satellite observing the Earth's magnetosphere. It was developed by Japan's ISAS in association with the United States' NASA, and was launched by a Delta II rocket on July 24, 1992. Geotail  provides information about the way the magnetic envelope surrounding Earth, called the magnetosphere, responds to incoming material and energy from the Sun.   image source:Isro (Chandrayaan-2 is India's second lunar exploration mission after Chandrayaan-1. Developed by the  Indian Space Research Organisation, the mission was launched from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre on 22 July 2019 at 2.43 PM IST to the Moon by a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III.)

NASA showed friendly gesture towards ISRO and tweeted congratulating Indian Space Agency for it's work. Here is the tweet- "Space is hard. We commend ISRO ’s attempt to land their Chandrayaan2 mission on the Moon’s South Pole. You have inspired us with your journey ...... Want to see full tweet ,visit   https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1170385925077131264 (Chandrayaan-2 is India's second lunar exploration mission after Chandrayaan-1. Developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation, the mission was launched from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre on 22 July 2019 at 2.43 PM IST to the Moon by a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III.)

Chandrayaan 2 mission Failed :yes or no! Obviousely No!  Because it's orbiter is working properly and will work for years.however lander and rover is not in touch with isro but 95% work is accomplished.Indians are very proud of you,team ISRO. Hope we will complete this mission in the future. (Chandrayaan-2 is India's second lunar exploration mission after Chandrayaan-1. Developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation, the mission was launched from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre on 22 July 2019 at 2.43 PM IST to the Moon by a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III.) imagesource:ISRO

Here is the link to watch live landing of vikram  lander on moon's surface- https://www.pscp.tv/w/1BRJjqNokONGw Vikram lander is going to create history because none, yet,has ever reached the south pole of moon.It's the first time anyone is trying to each south pole.We hope it will be successsful . Prouud od team ISRO.Every Indian is proud of your work. (Chandrayaan-2 is India's second lunar exploration mission after Chandrayaan-1. Developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation, the mission was launched from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre on 22 July 2019 at 2.43 PM IST to the Moon by a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III.)